Anthony Calvillo wore No. 13 during his 20-year CFL career, and it didn't come close to being unlucky. In honour of his number, here are 13 things that made Calvillo great:

1. DURABLE

Calvillo became Montreal's full-time starting quarterback in 2000, and he missed only five starts over his first seven seasons. In all, he started 277 games in his career.

2. MUCH GROUND COVERED

Calvillo is the CFL's career leader with 79,816 passing yards, which works out to 73 km. Damon Allen is second with 72,381, and Henry Burris is the active leader with 51,394.

3. PEER RESPECT

The CFLPA likes to claim its all-star team is more indicative of someone's play because the players vote on it. Calvillo was a five-time CFL all-star in voting conducted by the media, but a seven-time CFLPA all-star QB when the players made the call.

4. TOUCHDOWNS!

Calvillo is the CFL's career leader with 455 passing touchdowns. Damon Allen is second with 394, and the next active passer is Henry Burris with 324.

5. GREY CUPS

Despite going 1-5 in his first six trips to the Grey Cup, he won his last two and now is tied for the career lead with three titles as a starter. He guided the Alouettes to a whopping eight championship games.

6. HE'S A FIGHTER

The La Puente, Calif., native learned he had cancer in his thyroid gland in 2010 and won a Grey Cup between learning he needed surgery and having it removed.

7. HUMILITY

You'd have to look far and wide to find somebody who had something bad to say about Anthony Calvillo. He has league-wide respect, as evidenced by nearly every CFL team on Tuesday tweeting out congratulations to Calvillo for his remarkable career.

8. BIG YARDS

He is one of only four quarterbacks to pass for more than 6,000 yards in a season, a feat he accomplished in 2004. Doug Flutie did it in for B.C. in 1991 and Calgary in 1993, Kent Austin for Saskatchewan in 1992 and David Archer for Sacramento in 1993.

9. VICTORIES

Calvillo started 277 games in his career, and his teams won 167 of those contests. Don't forget he played for some bad teams in Las Vegas and Hamilton, too, early in his career.

10. GREATNESS RUBBED OFF

Ben Cahoon is one of the greatest receivers in CFL history, in large part due to Calvillo. Marc Trestman says part of the reason why he got the Chicago Bears head coaching job is because of Calvillo. Offensive linemen such as Uzooma Okeke -- and likely several others -- are headed to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, and playing in front of Calvillo helped them look good.

11. FIRST-PLACE FINISHES

Sure, the East Division wasn't exactly strong during Calvillo's career, but he probably still would have guided the Alouettes to nine first-place finishes in the 13 seasons he was Montreal's primary starter.

12. COMPLETIONS

Calvillo completed 5,892 passes in his stellar career, which is more than 700 more than Damon Allen, who is No. 2. Ricky Ray, who is third on the list with 3,780 completions, has attempted 5,598 passes in his career.

13. WHAT A YEAR

Calvillo threw a whopping 43 touchdown passes during the 2008 season, which was the fifth best single-season total in league history. Only Doug Flutie (three times) and Khari Jones (once) had more in a season.